Curriculum placement
Grade 5. This describes the skill, not a learner estimate.
Reading a numerical expression
Interpret and evaluate grouped numerical expressions
Problem types
- Order of operations
- Is the equation with parentheses true?
- Match an expression to a description
- Describe a parenthesized expression in words
- Evaluate nested grouping and verbal products
- Select the expressions with the same value
- Choose the expression after the first step
Builds on
- Properties of addition and multiplication
- The meaning of the equal sign · Earlier idea
The equal sign says two sides have the same value, which is how equal grouped expressions such as 2 x (3 + 4) and 14 are recognised as equal.
Leads to
- Expressions with variables
- Structure of an expression · Extend the idea
The order of operations in a numerical expression decides which part is a sum or a product, and structure of an algebraic expression is read the same way.
- Rearranging a formula · See it applied
Evaluating a formula by substituting numbers follows the order of operations.
Related skills
- Multiplying with partial products · Shared foundations
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